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Fort Espérance

Fort Espérance was a North West Company trading post near Rocanville, Saskatchewan from 1787 until 1819. It was moved three times and was called Fort John from 1814 to 1816.
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  • Type: Historic site
  • Description: human settlement in Rocanville No. 151, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Also known as: “Fort Esperance”

Fort Espérance

Latitude
50.49222° or 50° 29′ 32″ north
Longitude
-101.57765° or 101° 34′ 40″ west
Open location code
952WFCRC+VW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4854123130
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q1438517
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Persian—“Fort Espérance” goes by many names.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fort Espérance”. Photo: Alangh, CC BY-SA 3.0.